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Joyce Pate Capper Receives Why Students Partnering to

Order of the Crown Oak Love the TCU Preserve and

from Luxembourg Library Perservere

Joyce Pate Capper, past-president and life member of the
Friends of the TCU Library, and husband Bob were recently WHAT IS A LIBRARY? The American Heritage Dictionary Special Collections has partnered with the Texas Archive
honored by the Luxembourg Ambassador at the Embassy in defines a library as a place in which literary and artistic materials, of Moving Image (TAMI) to digitize and provide web
Washington, DC on January 21, 2016 with the Order of the such as books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, prints, access to several TCU moving images.
Crown Oak.
records and tapes, are kept for reading, reference or lending. The
description sounds rather stuffy and boring doesn’t it? Founded in 2002 by film archivist and University of Texas
The award started in 1841 by Grand Duke William II The TCU Library is so much more than a place to collect and at Austin professor Dr. Caroline Frick, the Texas Archive of
(who at the time was also King of the Netherlands while loan written materials. It is a meeting place, a community center, the Moving Image (TAMI) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
both countries, though independent, shared the same a learning place, a people place—it’s a place that touches every working to discover, preserve, provide access to and educate
person as head of state). Although the Order was legally sudent. the community about Texas’ film heritage. TAMI’s ever-
a Luxembourgish decoration, William II and his successor, The fifth annual I Love the TCU Library contest was another growing online collection includes home movies, amateur
King-Grand Duke William III, as a house order of the success as students shared their stories of why they love the films, advertisements, local television, industrial and corporate
Nassau dynasty to reward Dutch subjects, beyond control of library. This contest provides a way for students to return the productions, as well as Hollywood and internationally produced
the Dutch government, often used it. love. moving images of Texas. By partnering with TCU, TAMI
We enjoyed reading each story as they were submitted and digitizes and provides web access to moving images that offer
The plaque of the Order is an eight-pointed Maltese Cross. were blown away by the unique impact the library has had on insight to TCUs history and culture.
The central disc bears the crowned monogram “W” for William on a green enamel background. The ribbon is yellow-orange with the students. From having an accessible computer lab, books To see some amazing
three dark green stripes. An elegant lunch at the Embassy followed the presentation.
and databases to offering invaluable resources and services and and memorable TCU
a place to study, the library provides the TCU community what events, such as the TCU
Joyce and late husband, A.M. (Aggie) Pate, Jr. received the award in recognition of their contributions to Luxembourg. Capper has they want and need. Fooball Collection like
been the honorary consul to the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg since 1992.
the film from the 1938
Baylor vs. TCU game
PATE-NEWCOMER LUXEMBOURG COLLECTION that features TCU’s
quarterback and Heisman
One of the largest such collections in the United States, the Pate-Newcomer Collection contains well over 1,500 catalogued items Trophy winner Davey
covering all aspects of the people, life, and culture of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. All materials are housed in the Pate O’Brien, the Jim Wright
Room of the Mary Couts Burnett Library at Texas Christian University. While primarily books, the collection includes materials Collection and more, visit
of all kinds: maps, periodicals, pamphlets, government documents, art, photographs, and sound recordings. Most of the material http://www.texasarchive.
is in Lëtzebuergesch, French, German, or English and was published in the Grand Duchy. org/library/index.php/
Category:Texas_Christian_University.
The Pate-Newcomer Luxembourg Collection is available for use at any time the Mary Couts Burnett Library is open to the public.
The Luxembourg Collection is made possible through the generosity of the late Mr. A. M. Pate; Mrs. Joyce Capper; Mr. Sebert
Pate; and Dr. James Newcomer, Vice-Chancellor Emeritus, Texas Christian University.
Did You Know...
.
Special Collections has a 2012 box
labeled “LOST AND FORGOTTEN
THINGS” containing an empty photo
album, old letters, Texas Centennial
souvenir coins and a small metal
Christy Smith, junior biology major and senior computer science
major, Sameep Mohta are the 2016 first and third place winners. protective plate from the launch deck
of Apollo missions 4, 8 and 11.

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